But I got to stay…

Note: I am venturing to write a song after many years. It is not quite what I would have written 10 years earlier but then age catches up and life changes. I am not brave enough to try a tune to this but I welcome anyone who would want to venture.

It’s just the morning and I’m feeling torn apart
Like I am missing the center of my heart
I have so much to do to make it through the day
And it just seems like such a long time away.

And I miss you, I miss this morning’s kiss goodbye
I miss you, I miss the way you held me through the night
I can’t bear to be so far away,
But I got to stay.

I still hear you joyfully humming away
The song that you said you heard the other day
About a man who lost his way and was gone, for too long
Till loving found him back home.

And I need you, I need you to find my way
And I need you, to whisper me a song asking me to stay
I can’t bear to be so far away,
But I got to stay.

And tonight I will think of you, trying to sleep it through
Till I run back tomorrow, run right back to you
As I look up to the stars, I want you to know
That I love you…
 
I love you, I can’t make through without you there
I love you, a love to last forever and a day
I can’t bear to be so far away,
But I got to stay.